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Ayaan writes beautifully and I admire her for her courage to leave a terrible situation and start fresh in a new country and culture, master yet another new language, and become a politician. That is why i gave it four stars. for her description of Islam, i would give her zero stars. Non-muslim and western people who read this book should understand that she does not truly understand Islam and that her perception of Islam is in no way representative. Her ideas about it play directly into the fea
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As a biography, I recommend this book. As a piece of literature, I recommend this book. As an insight into the role religion plays in both politics and identity (not to mention political identity), I recommend this book. That said, I still don't know how I feel about this book, or even its writer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Before I began the book, I had gathered a somewhat negative impression of Ali, from the snippets I'd heard of her, and knowing my Dutch friends did not particularly like her. So I wante ...more
Before I began the book, I had gathered a somewhat negative impression of Ali, from the snippets I'd heard of her, and knowing my Dutch friends did not particularly like her. So I wante ...more
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